Drinking-fountain for poultry.



F. B. WILDE & M. W. LAWLOR. DRINKING FOUNTAIN FOR POULTRY.

APPLlCATiON FILED 1AN.2. I914.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

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FRANK BARNARD WILDE AND MICHAEL WILLIAM LAWLOR, or nosrolv, I

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DRINKING-FOUNTAIN non POULTRY.

Application filed January 2, 1914. Serial N 0. 809,940.

T all whomit may concern:

Be it known that we, F RANK BARNAuo VVILDE and MICHAEL WILLIAM LAWLOR, citizens of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drinking- Fountains for Poultry; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements-in drinking fountains and more particularly to those adapted for poultry, and the main object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be constructed almost entirely of sheet metal, this method being probably the cheapest manner in which articles of this character can be manufactured.

With the above objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and combination, herein described and claimed and shown in the drawings wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved drinking fountain, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof, and Fig.3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawings, we have shown our improved drinking fountain as comprising, in general, a pan 1, a resilient reservoir 2, for supplying water to said pan, a U-shaped bail 3, for supporting the pan and said reservoir, and a shield 4 resting on the upper end of said reservoir and upon the lateral portion of the bail 3.

The pan 1 is provided with a solid bottom 5 and with the usual vertical wall 6, said wall being here'shown as cylindrical. The wall 6 is provided with an internal head 7 extending throughout a small portion of its circumference and spaced a suitable distance from said bead to receive the lower end of the resilient reservoir 2, a rigid bracing bar 8 is provided with outturned feet 9, which are riveted to the inside of said wall.

The reservoir 2, above referred to, is shown as comprising a cylindrical wall 10 and a top 11 seated within said cylindrical wall and spaced a suitable distance from the upper end thereof to form an annular bead 12. The wall 10 is provided with an external circumferential groove 13 near its lower end formed by depressing the sheet metal I forming the wall 10. It will be clearly seen bythe drawings, that when the reservoir 2 is in position, the internal bead 7 and the bracing rod 8 will seat within the groove 13.

The above mentioned bail 3 comprises a lateral portion 14 formed with spaced loops 15 adapted to be hooked over nails or hooks 15 carried by a fixed support, and arms 16 which are pivotally connected to brackets 17 carried by the reservoir 2.

The shield 4 is in the form of a flat metal plate having its upper and lower ends reduced in width, its upper end being bent to form a hook 4, which, as shown, seats over the center of the lateral portion 14 of the bail 3, between the loops 15, while its lower end rests upon the top 11 within the bead 12.

By constructing the fountain in the above described manner, we are able to manufac ture it very cheaply and expeditiously.

From the foregoing description, it will be understood that the bracing rod 8 serves not only to prevent the walls 6 of the pan 1 from being distorted, but also serves as a latch memberifor holding the reservoir 2 removably seated within the pan 1. It will also be evident that by constructing the shield 4 in the above described manner, it will effectuallyprevent the fowls from roosting upon the top of the reservoir and from fouling said top or the water in the pan below,when it is in position on the fountain, but it may be readily removed from. said fountain and the bail 3 may then be employed for carrying the same.

In the operation of the device, the shield 4 is removed from the bail 3, the reservoir 2 is set upon its top 11 which then forms the bottom of the reservoir, then the pan 1 is removed and the reservoir can be filled. When filled, the pan 1 is attached by placing the rod 8 in groove 13 and snapping the bead 7 in said groove, and the reservoir may then be inverted so that the pan 1 will be on the bottom. The bail 3 can now be suspended from the hooks or nails 15 in the wall and the shield 4 can be attached to the bail between the loops 15, and its lower end will rest upon the top 11 of the reservoir 2.' Air is now admitted through an opening 18 through the lower portion of the reservoir 2 and said air passes up through the Water in said reservoir, thus allowing the water to run out of the lower end of the reservoir and Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Aug; 17, 1 915.

into the pan 1. When the Water has reached a level in the pan 1 high enough to cover the opening 18, the air supply to the reservoir Will be checked and nomore Water Will be emitted until the level Within the pan has again lowered.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood Without requiring a more extended explanation.

We claim as our invention A drinking fountain comprising a cylindrical reservoir of flexible metal open at its bottom and formed with an external circumferential groove near its lower end, a pan,

an internal bead formed on a portion of the side Wall of said pan, and a rigid bracing rod secured at its opposite ends to said Wall and positioned from the beaded side of the pan a distance substantially equal to the diameter of the reservoir, said bead and said rod being rcinovably seated Within said groove and at diametrically opposite points. In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands in presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK BARNARD WILDE. ,MICHAEL VILLIAM LAWLOR. Witnesses:

J. DONALDSON NICHOLS, CHARLES H. HAYNES.

Copies oi this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

